Combine a storied Medina, Texas, ranch in need of serious TLC with A-list Southern architect Michael Imber, and the result is perfect home on the range, right down to the last river rock on the newly constructed facades.

Whether your Thanksgiving celebration takes place with a small, intimate crowd or sprawls across tables set up for guests all over the house, it’s always fun to see how other folks bring the holiday to life—and to crib ideas for your own table. This year we asked six Southern tastemakers about their styling ideas and traditions: specifically the types of plates they love to use and why.

This week marked the announcement of G&G’s 2016 Made in the South Award winners, and that has our office in a mood to celebrate entrepreneurship. After all, small businesses and the people behind them—whether they’re blowing glass, harvesting rice, or distilling spirits—help keep Southern cultural traditions strong. Championing creative... Read more on GardenAndGun.com]]>

A bold front door color certainly makes a statement, but so can a lovely container or two. With Thanksgiving around the corner and fall in full swing, we asked Bonnie Garrison and Chris Condon, the owners of Pollen, in Atlanta, Georgia, to dream up something beautiful and down-to-earth to... Read more on GardenAndGun.com]]>

Savannah is shining brighter than ever. SCAD, the powerhouse design-school, began building a base of creativity when it was founded in 1978. Then mega-watt chefs began coming to the Hostess City of the South—Hugh Acheson of the Florence, Mashama Bailey of The Grey, and Sean Brock, who plans to open a branch of Husk there next year. The latest arrival: Krewe du Optic, the ultra-stylish New Orleans-based... Read more on GardenAndGun.com]]>

In the Southern spirit of lifting others up during times of hardship, Atlanta native Brittany Merrill Underwood started a jewelry business with a backstory as beautiful as the baubles. This month, pieces from her new holiday collection with Neiman Marcus launch in stores and online.

Twice each year, shop owners, interior designers, editors, and other home décor experts from all over the world gather in High Point, North Carolina, to take in what’s next in the world of furniture design. This October’s High Point Market proved that Southern style is alive and well, with five outstanding designers from around the region introducing new pieces. Below you’ll... Read more on GardenAndGun.com]]>

The best Southern houses tell personal stories, and in her beautiful new book,Rooms, out this week Amelia Handegan shares a few of her own.

Nashville, Tennessee, marches to its own style beat, and Music City native Elise Joseph is showcasing some of its best this fall with the debut of her new online shop, Goodwin (Old English for “good friend”). It’s a mash-up of clothing, accessories, and home goods made by artisans in her hometown—and a few beyond those city limits.

Southern architecture buffs, take note. The Institute of Classical Architecture & Art, the New York-based nonprofit that celebrates classical architecture, urban planning, and building arts, is focusing their annual journal, Classicist, entirely on the South this year. Published each fall, the journal examines classical architecture around the world.

Gardens don’t need to be gigantic to be grand. Tiny Theodora Park in the Ansonborough neighborhood of Charleston, South Carolina, is a tucked-away public treasure inside a city known for friendly people but very private gardens.

Camellia, gardenia, and magnolia blossoms are living symbols of the South, and New Orleans artist Suzonne Stirling memorializes their beauty in stunning detail—not in paint or pastels, but in exquisitely colored, cut, and assembled crepe and tissue paper. “I make paper flowers because they make me happy, almost as much as the real thing,” she says.

Founded over a century ago in Marietta, Georgia, the Brumby Chair Company is still crafting the same style of Appalachian red oak rocker that has graced the porch of the White House and countless porches across the South.